Continuity mistake: When Howard's wife is leaving Joel's apartment, the first two shots show her trench coat belt hanging from the bottom of the driver's door. In the third shot the belt is no longer hanging from the door. (01:19:30)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Plot summary
Directed by: Michel Gondry
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Elijah Wood, Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Mark Ruffalo, Gerry Robert Byrne
Joel (Jim Carrey) discovers that his long-time girlfriend, Clementine (Kate Winslet), has undergone an experimental procedure that erases all her memories of him after their failed relationship. Frustrated, Joel decides to undergo the same procedure and have Clementine erased from his memory. Once the procedure starts, however, Joel realizes he doesn't really want to forget her. He begins smuggling her into other parts of his memory, but this alters his other memories.
More mistakes in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Clementine: You're not a stalker, or anything, right?
Joel: I'm not a stalker. YOU'RE the one that talked to me, remember?
Clementine: That is the oldest trick in the stalker book.
Joel: Really? There's a stalker book? Great, I gotta read that one.
Trivia: There is a carnival scene in the movie which actually took place in Times Square in New York. The cast and crew had to run around after it to get a perfect shot.
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